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SPRING SING with Candy Songs & her Backyard Bugs

Saturday March 9

FamJam invites you to a spring sing-along that will warm up your vocal cords and encourage your spirit to bloom and grow!

Candy Songs & her Backyard Bugs will perform on Saturday, March 9 at FamJam. Showtime is 2pm.

Tickets are $5 and give you access to all of the day's FamJam activities.

Candy is an award-winning singer/songwriter who performs catchy songs with playful lyrics that are educational and fun!

Don’t miss the chance to dance, sing and welcome the season of new beginnings with us!

BUY TICKETS

$5 PER PERSON

Includes all FamJam activities

Swimming (12-6pm) and ice skating (12:30-2:30 & 7-9pm)

Spring Sing with Candy Songs & her Backyard Bugs 2pm

Family craft time following the show

Sponsored by Arconic Foundation, Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, Inc., America's Car-Mart, Arvest Bank, George's, Explore Springdale and Dennis & Evelyn Shaw

2024 Summer Camps

Registration Opens March 11

Summer camp is back, and we're packing in all the fun, adventure, learning, friendship and MESS your campers crave.

This year, look for new camps like rock climbing, NWA's Got Talent and the University of Arkansas' Mission to Mars – plus increased capacity on our most popular camps (think Mess Fest and DIY camp!)

This year's lineup features:

Arts & Performance
Sports & Fitness
STEM & Adventure

In all, we'll host nine weeks of camps with full-day and specialty options, too.

Registration opens March 11. Spots fill up quickly!

Jones Center members: watch your email next week for early access registration.

Don't forget: members receive 20% off. Scholarships are available!

Summer Camps

Grades 1 thru 12

June 3 through August 9

For a listing of summer camps & details, visit thejonescenter.net/camps

LEARN ABOUT SUMMER CAMPS

Sponsored by Cox Communications with additional support from Arconic Foundation and Black Hills Energy

Tommy Terrific's Space Magic

Join us for an Out-of-This-World Show

Learn about planets, stars and the solar system when Tommy Terrific brings his interactive space magic show to FamJam on April 6.

Enjoy this afternoon of intergalactic magic tricks and space facts when fun-loving Tommy takes the stage.

Tommy's show teaches audiences about the galaxy, astronauts, space shuttles and cool phenomena like the solar eclipse that will cross over parts of Arkansas on April 8.

Grab your eclipse glasses & bring a friend!

Tickets $5 Per Person

Includes all FamJam activities

BUY TICKETS

Tickets include swimming, ice skating, Tommy Terrific's Space Magic Show and family craft time.

Make a day of it with us at FamJam! Visit thejonescenter.net/famjam.

Sponsored by Arconic Foundation, Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, Inc., America's Car-Mart, Arvest Bank, George's, Explore Springdale and Dennis & Evelyn Shaw

Nonprofit Spotlight: Marshallese Educational Initiative

The Marshallese Educational Initiative (MEI) is a nonprofit in Springdale, where the largest concentration of Marshallese residents lives in the U.S.

MEI helps the Marshallese community through educational attainment, empowering women and youth, helping with Medicaid enrollment and producing arts and cultural programs.

A cornerstone of its work is educating the public about the biological, ecological and cultural consequences of the Castle Bravo nuclear detonation in the Marshall Islands.

MEI Executive Director Benetick Kabua Maddison speaks about nuclear issues and the Marshallese experience nationally and internationally.

In June 2022, he and MEI Program Manager Marcina Langrine spoke at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria about the Marshallese nuclear legacy.

In 2023, Maddison was presented with the Nuclear Free Freedom Award in New York.

For more about MEI, visit mei.ngo.

Maddison (l) and Langrine (r) at the United Nations

The Marshallese Educational Initiative is one of over 95 nonprofit organizations that The Jones Center supports at its Center for Nonprofits at the JTL Shop in Springdale and the Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary's in Rogers.

Jones Center Pickleball

Smashing the Competition

Jones Center players are competing in area USA Pickleball tournaments – and winning left and right.

The Jones Center Pickleball community is flourishing! Drop-in sessions are available seven days a week – and our indoor courts are buzzing with energy and excitement.

Classes and private lessons are growing in popularity. Players are advancing and growing their expertise. From beginners to pros, everyone is showing up and showing out.

"I'm extremely proud of our players," Pickleball Specialist Scott Bartlett said.

"They are so welcoming and inclusive to new people coming into the program. Everyone really goes out of their way to help."

WINNERS ARE:

Susan Belew